Marty Chinn
Member
Whoa, there's a mode to play Pac-Man Vs. on a single Switch with three players as the Ghost and a CPU Pac-Man? Sold!
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Namco Museum on Switch
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Earthbound64
Banned
Does anyone know what stand Sugimori is using in this tweet?
https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/890736308762550272
https://twitter.com/SUPER_32X/status/890736308762550272
rikucrafter
Neo Member
That box art is fucking gorgeous.
Marty Chinn
Member
It's out! Downloading now!
yes. every game except pac-man vs. you can manually adjust zoom and even add vertical pixel stretch. however, you have to readjust this zoom if you switch back to normal mode, and you have to change the zoom setting for each game. but it's cool to have as an option.
namco went overboard on hd rumble in some games, though.
Same, can't wait to play Rolling Thunder, it must be 25+ years I played that for the last time.
Marty Chinn
Member
So you can rotate the screen at 90 degree intervals making it so you can set the orientation any way you want. However, you can't actually play vertically with the JoyCons attached which makes it useless in handheld mode. So I'm not exactly sure what the point is since it's probably not very easy to prop up vertically either. I'm pretty disappointed I can't play vertical handheld mode.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
No leaderboards kinda kills it for me tho :-(
Also do we know if there are scanlines options?
Also do we know if there are scanlines options?
Marty Chinn
Member
What? The trailer says online rankings.
...how the hell would you play it that way?
it has leaderboards AND scanlines.
Marty Chinn
Member
Huh? I can easily hold it at one end to play Pac Man. Just rotate the system 90 degrees and hold it at the bottom. You can grip a lot of the system for support in the back.
Some early impressions:
-Menus are a bit less smooth than I'd like, it can take a few seconds to bring up the pause menu or transition between tabs. Also generally seem to run at a bizarrely low frame rate
-The lack of a friend filtering option for leaderboards is disappointing
-Not being able to rebind movement controls or shoulder buttons is a pain, especially the former for reasons of playing the system undocked vertically like Marty Chinn suggested
-Erm...is Tower of Druaga as horrendous as my first impressions indicate? <_<
+Druaga aside, game selection is pretty solid. I especially love the Rolling Thunder titles and Skykid was a pleasant surprise I was previously unfamiliar with.
+Emulation seems fantastic, with the games looking/sounding/playing as they should as far as I can tell.
+The extensive scanline/screen resizing options are very much appreciated. I find for the tate games, I enlarge and position them so you're only just missing some of the score info on the top and bottom
+Though not particularly compelling in single player, Pac-Man Vs looks and runs great and it still has Charles Martinet voicing it
+Bizarrely strong HD rumble throughout, whacking enemies with a two by four in Splatterhouse is even more cathartic!
+Games look lovely in both docked and undocked, I tend to have scanlines on about 4-5 which is a nice sweet spot between vibrancy and pixel density
Overall quite positive, despite a few fairly sizeable misgivings, worth the $30 from the US eshop though perhaps a bit steep at £30 on the UK one. I really hope they add friend leaderboard filtering and improved menu speeds via a patch. Also hoping I'll get the chance to try four player Pac-Man Vs tomorrow at a local Nintendo fan meet
-Menus are a bit less smooth than I'd like, it can take a few seconds to bring up the pause menu or transition between tabs. Also generally seem to run at a bizarrely low frame rate
-The lack of a friend filtering option for leaderboards is disappointing
-Not being able to rebind movement controls or shoulder buttons is a pain, especially the former for reasons of playing the system undocked vertically like Marty Chinn suggested
-Erm...is Tower of Druaga as horrendous as my first impressions indicate? <_<
+Druaga aside, game selection is pretty solid. I especially love the Rolling Thunder titles and Skykid was a pleasant surprise I was previously unfamiliar with.
+Emulation seems fantastic, with the games looking/sounding/playing as they should as far as I can tell.
+The extensive scanline/screen resizing options are very much appreciated. I find for the tate games, I enlarge and position them so you're only just missing some of the score info on the top and bottom
+Though not particularly compelling in single player, Pac-Man Vs looks and runs great and it still has Charles Martinet voicing it
+Bizarrely strong HD rumble throughout, whacking enemies with a two by four in Splatterhouse is even more cathartic!
+Games look lovely in both docked and undocked, I tend to have scanlines on about 4-5 which is a nice sweet spot between vibrancy and pixel density
Overall quite positive, despite a few fairly sizeable misgivings, worth the $30 from the US eshop though perhaps a bit steep at £30 on the UK one. I really hope they add friend leaderboard filtering and improved menu speeds via a patch. Also hoping I'll get the chance to try four player Pac-Man Vs tomorrow at a local Nintendo fan meet
Neff
Member
It's definitely an acquired taste. It was pretty revolutionary for its time though, and it was a success in Japan. The slow pace and randomness is what makes the experience, although for some it's an equally big turn-off. A true love it or hate it game.
Fuck me, the 3000 yen I paid for it is only a little over £20.
dragonyeuw
Member
How did Ms. Pacman not make it in this game, or is that being saved for the inevitable Vol. 2 edition?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Is there a US physical copy? I'd like to buy that and no go digital if possible.
shouamabane
Member
Day 1 if a physical version comes out.
This literally sold me on it last night. I was on the fence, but the Gamexplain video showed this and I dove in.
My daughter loves Pac-Man, Ms. Battle Royale and she never got to play Vs so she is super excited. As I was walking out the door to work I heard Pac-Man get a power pellet and she yelped NOOOOOO.
Good times.
sixteen-bit
Member
Neff confirmed that the game is a universal SKU, so yeah, it'll have English.
If anyone is interested I can confirm that it does indeed.
dragonyeuw
Member
Gotta spread the legacy out to maximize profit
lol true. I'd probably wait for this one to hit $19.99 but including that Pacman vs game may get me to bite earlier.
Is it more cheaper to buy games from the Japanese eShop compared to the NA one?
These days, I think the exchange rate favors the dollar. At the current exchange rate, you're saving about $3 by getting it on the Japanese eShop, but hey, a savings is a savings.
NeptunePirate
Member
Even though that boxart is super awesome, I don't think there is a retail release as of this moment. I've looked and looked, but could not find anything on it. Sadly, it's a digital release only.
I'm still on the fence about it. $30 makes me a little skeptical, but my 3 kids would love Pac-Man Vs., a lot. Lol. I may just cave.
Neff
Member
In the US, usually only a little. In the UK, as in this case, it can be a big difference.
Basically the Japanese eShop is almost always cheapest if you're getting a direct currency exchange.
Marty Chinn
Member
Nope. None that I can find and it's the biggest disappointment to it so far. Portrait mode seems a lot less useful if you can't use it while a Joy-con is attached.
Robin64
Member
Gotta spread the legacy out to maximize profit
I love that the final disc is just the R symbol.
I definitely agree that it's annoying to not be able to do portrait mode with an attached joycon.
While maybe not the most comfortable setup, it's definitely doable to hold the switch upright on its side at the bottom using the joycon.
Instead the only way I'll ever do that portrait mode is if I have my hori stand with me which is not often.
Cool idea, execution not the greatest.
On a side note, maybe Nintendo should have made a swivel kickstand that could hold it up in portrait. Niche use I guess.
While maybe not the most comfortable setup, it's definitely doable to hold the switch upright on its side at the bottom using the joycon.
Instead the only way I'll ever do that portrait mode is if I have my hori stand with me which is not often.
Cool idea, execution not the greatest.
On a side note, maybe Nintendo should have made a swivel kickstand that could hold it up in portrait. Niche use I guess.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
Namco has a prickly relationship with Ms. Pac-Man. Sometimes they acknowledge it, sometimes they don't.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
dragonyeuw
Member
Really, wasn't aware of that...
OrbitalBeard
Member
Ok, I'm missing something with Sky Kid here. How do you drop a bomb consistently? I'm going up to the target, mashing the shoot button, and sometimes he drops it, sometimes he drops it late, and sometimes he doesn't drop it at all.
Edit - lol figured it out. The "loop" button also drops your bomb.
Edit - lol figured it out. The "loop" button also drops your bomb.
Earthbound64
Banned
Downloading.
Super excited about the Pac-Man Vs. modes.
Super excited about the Pac-Man Vs. modes.
It's cool that they have some later 80's stuff but Pole Position is easily my second favorite classic Namco series behind Pac-Man and it's a shame neither of them are in there. Pole Position II would have been really cool specifically since that game doesn't really get the attention it deserves.
Also if they were willing to do later stuff it's kind of a shame they skipped Pac-Mania which is definitely one of the best Pac-Man sequels.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Each game has three borders, one of which is just a plain gray color.
That sounds about right, I remember Retronauts referencing it as a hugely influential Japanese game, in particular the focus on discovering secrets. But man it's slow, and I couldn't hit enemies for the life of me D: Will try it again ha, I do like that they've included hints for the cryptic aspects on each floor.
Ha yeah, I spent ages trying to buy Japanese eshop credit off Amazon to no avail, so I ended up buying NM from the US eshop. Thankfully, pcgamesupply's discounted $10 card deal earlier meant it came to around £20.70. Hooray for region free
Because you can't hold the system easily because of the joycon or it literally doesn't work? What's the point of that mode if you have to detach the joycons.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Ms. Pac-Man isn't really a Namco joint.
You can't rebind the directional controls, so the analog stick won't correspond correctly
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Yeah, it's pretty disappointing. I wanted to just hold it attached. I did just buy a Hori stand, but I imagine it's not designed to hold the Switch vertically. I guess I will find out once I get it.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I don't think Nintendo wants anyone promoting holding the Switch vertically like that. The hinge holding the joycon on likely wasn't designed for that kind of strain.
OrbitalBeard
Member
One thing that's amazing to me is that Sky Kid released in the arcades the same year as Space Harrier. Sega really was in a league of their own at that time.
Not to say Sky Kid isn't a great game, because it is.
Not to say Sky Kid isn't a great game, because it is.